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Do you find that some scenes in sitcoms are skipped on tv?

Asked by AshlynM (10684points) December 3rd, 2017

I was watching The Big Bang Theory, The Pancake Batter Anomaly, where Sheldon is sick and acts like a jerk, and no one wants to take care of him.
When he goes to the restaurant where Penny works, he orders soup. The scene where he acutally orders the soup is skipped. Why is this?

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ragingloli's avatar

Because SitComs are lazy in all aspects and lowest common denominator, and the pauses for the mandatory canned laugh tracks take up 30% of the episode.

rockfan's avatar

Most likely some scenes are shortened so they can make room for more commercials. They do this to Seinfeld on TBS as well. TBS also edits out the famous intro song of Friends

canidmajor's avatar

What @rockfan says. When they go into syndication, the networks that buy the rights pay an enormous amount, so they try to recoup the cost with increased advertising. Even 5 to 15 seconds saved here and there can be filled with expensive advertising.

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